LawLink January 2014

Dean's Diary

Dean's Diary- January 2014

Dear Members of the NUS Law Community,

Two thousand and thirteen was a transformative year for NUS Law. We completed
our first curriculum review in more than a decade and launched the most
ambitious research agenda in NUS Law’s history. We awarded an honorary doctor of
laws degree to Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.
Consolidating our position as the leading law school in Asia, we convened the
first ever Global Law Deans’ Conference in partnership with the International
Association of Law Schools. We also began a process of growth that will see our
full-time faculty increase by around 15 percent.

None of this would have been possible without the commitment and dedication of
our faculty and administrative staff, the strong support we receive from
government in general and the Ministry of Law in particular, and the
extraordinary generosity of our alumni and the wider profession — who gave more
of their time and money in 2013 than ever before. The beneficiaries will be
current and future generations of students, but also the legal community in
Singapore and beyond.

In this, my third annual letter as Dean, allow me to share with you some
highlights from the past year.

Curriculum Review

The review of our curriculum concludes a multi-year process led by a committee
that I co-chaired with Vice Dean for Academic Affairs Ng-Loy Wee Loon ’87. The
need for a review was clear: the past decade has seen a transformation in
Singapore's legal landscape; we are no longer the only law school in Singapore;
and our students no longer work in only a handful of firms. In addition, our
alumni are increasingly interested in remaining engaged with the life of the law
school.

We had very helpful feedback on a discussion paper circulated in late 2012,
including thoughtful comments from faculty, current and past students, and other
stakeholders such as our Advisory Council. In addition, the Law Club conducted a
survey that obtained quantitative and qualitative responses from more than a
hundred current students.

Our guiding principle was that NUS Law already has a strong curriculum and
produces high quality graduates. Changes to the curriculum should only be made
if they will improve on what we already have.

Nevertheless, we saw the need for the first semester of law school to be a
transformative experience, qualitatively different from junior college. The
first weeks and months at university should encourage students to explore and
find a passion for the law, rather than simply focusing on grades. Among other
things, a new approach to assessment will encourage students to explore law as a
calling rather than just as a subject. We have therefore recommended that the
first semester of year one be graded on a pass/fail basis.

Another significant change is that our increasingly global students need greater
exposure to civil law, particularly as it has developed in Asia. A new
“Singapore Law in Context” module will introduce students to the Singapore legal
system and its regional counterparts. In second year, they will take the new
module “Legal Systems of Asia”. In addition, students will be required to choose
at least one module from a basket or “cluster” of advanced civil law subjects.

A third set of changes will give students more opportunities to gain practical
experience, including through participation in legal clinics and other modules
that focus on experiential learning. This will complement the new pro bono
scheme that will require all students to participate in a minimum number of pro
bono activities, while also creating opportunities for them to develop their own
pro bono projects. A related change is a new approach to teaching professional
ethics, which will integrate additional opportunities to learn and reflect on
issues of legal ethics.

These and other reforms will be implemented progressively beginning with the
next intake of students in August 2014.

New Research Centres

In addition to teaching our undergraduate and graduate students, a second major
function of NUS Law is research. With additional resources provided by the
Ministry of Law and some key donors, we are now undertaking the most ambitious
research initiative in NUS Law’s history.

As you may recall, we launched the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, headed by
Andrew Harding and Wang Jiangyu in 2012. Part of our strategy to position NUS
Law as Asia’s Global Law School, the Centre’s aim is nothing less than moving
the focus of Asian legal studies as a discipline from Europe and North America
to Singapore. This strategy complements our role as the Secretariat of both the
Asian Law Institute (ASLI) and the Asian Society of International Law.

In 2013, we established the new Centre for Law & Business, led by Tan Cheng Han
SC ’87 and Lan Luh Luh ’89. CLB builds on NUS Law’s extensive experience in
commercial law teaching and research, bringing together faculty members whose
interests cover a wide spectrum of commercial law subjects, colleagues from the
NUS Business School and other faculties, and distinguished visitors from around
the world. Its work will be of scholarly value to academics, but also policy
relevance to the wider business community

In the coming months, we will be launching the Centre for Banking & Finance Law,
headed by Dora Neo and Alexander Loke ’90. The centre will engage local and
international banks, lawyers, regulators, and academics in a regular exchange of
ideas and knowledge so as to contribute towards the development of law and
regulation in this area, as well as to promote a robust and stable financial
sector in Singapore, the region, and globally.

Dora Neo Alexander Loke

A fourth new entity in development is the Centre for Maritime Law, headed by
Stephen Girvin and being developed in consultation with the Maritime and Port
Authority.

Stephen Girvin

These centres join the more established Centre for International Law and the
Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL).

In addition to these centres, another ambitious research project is the
Singapore Symposium in Legal Theory, convened by the Jurisprudence@NUS group.
This initiative promotes discussion of current research in the field of legal
theory, broadly conceived. It consists of occasional seminars and a formal
programme of papers, in which those working in legal theory from around the
world join with colleagues at NUS to present work in progress and explore
contemporary debates. One recent presentation was by Joseph Raz of Columbia Law
School, who visited Singapore to present to the group in January 2014.

Together with the many other projects being led by faculty members, frequently
working with students, our aim is to make Singapore the focal point for legal
research in Asia. This is linked to the larger goal of Singapore being a global
legal services centre. To achieve that goal, Singapore needs to be seen as more
than a venue for practising law. It must also have an active voice in shaping
how law is thought about and how it is practised.

Lee Kuan Yew the Lawyer

The idea that Singapore could be the rule of law capital of Asia owes a lot to
the vision of its founding Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew (Hon LL.D. ’13).

Commencement ceremonies are always memorable occasions but there was even
greater interest in the graduating class of 2013. In part this was because of
the media attention given to Darren Tan ’13, who had spent more than ten years
in jail prior to enrolling at NUS Law; after a long journey, he has now
graduated and has a training contract with TSMP. There were many other good news
stories among our students, including others who triumphed over adversity or
spent time and energy helping those less fortunate than themselves.

But last year’s graduation season was also of note because we granted an
honorary doctor of laws degree to Lee Kuan Yew. I was asked to serve as the
public orator, delivering a citation in his honour. As I observed on the day, it
was difficult to think of what to say that had not already been said. Books have
been written — and many more will be — about Mr Lee as a leader, as a
politician, and as a strategic thinker. So I decided to speak about him as a
lawyer and the role that law played in his vision for Singapore.

Global Law Deans’ Forum

Another major event in 2013 was the first ever Global Law Deans’ Forum, convened
in partnership with the International Association of Law Schools.

More than 80 law school deans and chairs of law faculties from 31 countries
attended the event, which followed a series of eight regional forums over the
past two years. A key achievement was the adoption of the “Singapore Declaration
on Global Standards and Outcomes of a Legal Education”, providing a foundation
for future discussions of legal education and a common vocabulary as to our
aspirations for our institutions and our students.

Among other things, the Declaration affirms that law graduates around the world
need more than just the knowledge and skills to practice law. They must also
know and understand the need to act in accordance with the professional ethics
of the jurisdiction and the fundamental principles of justice and the rule of
law.

The first ever Global Law Deans’ Forum was co-hosted by NUS Law and the
International Association of Law Schools (IALS)

New Faces

In order to sustain this level of activity and build new peaks of excellence at
NUS Law, we have embarked on an ambitious process of expansion. In the past year
in particular our faculty has been strengthened by key hires at all levels.

We were delighted to welcome back to NUS Law Professor Tan Lee Meng ’72. A
graduate of NUS Law and the University of London, Prof Tan first joined the
faculty in 1972, going on to serve as Dean from 1987 to 1992 and Deputy
Vice-Chancellor from 1992 to 1997. He was appointed as Judicial Commissioner in
February 1997 and then as a Judge of the Supreme Court in August of the same
year. In 2013, he retired from the bench after 16 years in public service, but
has thrown himself back into research, teaching, and engaging with students. It
is wonderful to have him back on campus.

As mentioned in last year’s letter, Professor Michael Bridge joined us from the
London School of Economics in January 2013. One of the top private commercial
lawyers in the world, Prof Bridge is the author of several leading treatises
with Oxford University Press and is the general editor of Benjamin’s Sale of
Goods. In 2013, Prof Bridge was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy — an
exceptionally prestigious honour awarded to outstanding scholars who have
achieved distinction in the humanities and social sciences.

Another senior hire from Britain is Professor James Penner. Previously the Head
of Department and Professor of Property Law at University College London, Prof
Penner’s doctoral thesis at Oxford formed the basis of his prize-winning The
Idea of Property in Law (Oxford University Press, 1997). He writes on trusts
law, the law and philosophy of property, and generally in the philosophy of law.
Recent publications include The Law of Trusts (8th edn, Oxford University Press,
2012) and McCoubrey and White’s Textbook on Jurisprudence (5th edn, Oxford
University Press, 2012).

We also appointed two new assistant professors. Assistant Professor Nicole Roughan graduated first in her class with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of
Arts from the University of Auckland; she also has LL.M. degrees from Victoria
University of Wellington and Yale, as well as a JSD from Yale. She has written
on constitutional theory and indigenous law, international law, and
jurisprudence. Her main research focus has been on developing a pluralist
jurisprudence. It is her long-term research agenda to work towards a fully
developed “pluralist” theory of law.

Assistant Professor Christian Hofmann (LL.M. ’13) began his legal education at
the University of Freiburg. His postgraduate degrees include a doctorate (Dr. iur.) from Martin Luther University Halle/Wittenberg and a professorial
qualification (Habilitation) from Humboldt-University Berlin. He also holds an
LL.M. in Global Business Law from NYU and an LL.M. in Corporate and Financial
Services Law from NUS Law. Prior to joining NUS Law, he was an Associate
Professor at the Private University in the Principality of Liechtenstein (UFL).
His research interests include Banking and Financial Markets Law, Corporate Law,
European Union Law, and Comparative Law.

Sheila Hayre joined us as a Senior Lecturer. She obtained her J.D. from Yale Law
School and has previously worked as a legal aid attorney at New Haven Legal
Assistance Association, Inc. She continues to serve on the Grievance Panel for
the New Britain and Hartford Judicial Districts. Ms Hayre is helping us to
expand and develop our pro bono and clinical programmes.

Another faculty member will join us after she completes her doctorate at the
University of Cambridge. Rachel Leow ’11 finished her studies at NUS Law and was
called to the Singapore Bar before earning a prize-winning LL.M. at Cambridge,
where she is now reading for her Ph.D. on an NUS-Overseas Graduate Scholarship.
Ms Leow’s research interests lie broadly in private law, with a particular focus
on equity and trusts, property law, unjust enrichment, and charity law.

In addition to these fulltime hires, former Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong ’61
became NUS Law’s first Distinguished Fellow. Mr Chan was a member of the
inaugural batch of law students admitted in 1957 to what was then the University
of Malaya. After graduation he practised as a lawyer for a number of years in
Kuala Lumpur and Singapore before being appointed the first Judicial
Commissioner of Singapore in 1986. Two years later, he became a Judge of the
Supreme Court of Singapore. In 1992, he was appointed the Attorney-General of
Singapore, a position he relinquished in 2006 when he was sworn in as the third
Chief Justice of Singapore. He retired in 2012, after having spent 26 years in
legal service and is now sharing some of his expertise and experience with the
next generation of lawyers.

Research Excellence

These new and returning colleagues join a faculty that continues to produce
outstanding scholarship across the spectrum of legal research.

In addition to dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters, as well as scores
of conference papers, the following new books appeared in 2013: Principles of
Civil Procedure by Jeffrey Pinsler SC (Academy Publishing); Criminal Law for the
21st Century: A Model Code for Singapore by Chan Wing Cheong, Stanley Yeo ’76,
and Michael Hor ’84 (Academy Publishing); The Law of Personal Property by
Michael Bridge (Sweet & Maxwell, written with Louise Gullifer, Gerard McMeel,
and Sarah Worthington); Legal Tenor: Voices from Singapore’s Legal History
(1930-1959) by Eleanor Wong ’85 (Academy Publishing); Nicole Roughan’s
Authorities: Conflict, Cooperation and Transnational Legal Theory (Oxford
University Press); and Mergers and Acquisitions in Singapore: Law and Practice
by Wan Wai Yee ’96 and Umakanth Varottil (Ph.D. ’10) (LexisNexis).

We also welcomed in 2013 the second edition of Leong Wai Kum’s Elements of
Family Law in Singapore (LexisNexis), the second edition of Swati Jhaveri’s Hong
Kong Administrative Law (LexisNexis, co-authored with Michael Ramsden and Anne
Scully-Hill), the third editions of Michael Bridge’s International Sale of Goods
(Oxford University Press) and An Introduction to Singapore’s Constitution by
Kevin Tan ’86 (Talisman), the fourth edition of Jeffrey Pinsler SC’s Evidence
and the Litigation Process (LexisNexis), and the fifth edition of Andrew Simester’s Simester and Sullivan’s Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (Hart,
co-authored with Graham Virgo, John Spencer, and Robert Sullivan).

Our faculty also edited major works on a variety of topics of national and
regional significance. These include: Arun Thiruvengadam’s Comparative
Constitutionalism in South Asia (Oxford University Press, edited with Sunil
Khilnani and Vikram Raghavan); Genetic Privacy: An Evaluation of the Ethical and
Legal Landscape edited by Terry Kaan ’81 and Calvin Wai-Loon Ho ’98
(Imperial
College Press); and James Penner’s Philosophical Foundations of Property Law
(Oxford University Press, edited with Henry Smith).

Impact

In addition to producing scholarship that changes the way law is thought about,
many colleagues also had a direct impact on how it is practised.

The UK Supreme Court referred to Andrew Simester’s research in a case concerning
the offence of causing death while driving under the Road Traffic Act; his work
was also cited by the Supreme Court of New Zealand on the use of force in
defence of property and by the High Court of Australia on joint enterprise
liability. The Australian High Court also cited Kevin Gray’s work on native
title and property, as did the English High Court’s Chancery Division and the
Hong Kong Court of First Instance. Malaysia’s Court of Appeal cited Andrew
Harding’s work on Malaysia’s constitution and Chan Wing Cheong and Stanley Yeo
’76’s text on Singapore and Malaysia’s criminal law. Prof Yeo’s was also cited
in the Supreme Court of Canada on the meaning of “duress”.

Our faculty were also consulted directly on many law reform projects during the
calendar year 2013, ranging from the Penal Code (Chan Wing Cheong, Michael Hor
’84, and Stanley Yeo ’76) to international commercial mediation (Joel Lee) and
my own work on data protection.

Faculty Achievements

Our faculty achieved significant milestones in many other areas.

At the Singapore Academy of Law’s 25th Anniversary Dinner, NUS Law colleagues
featured prominently. Ng-Loy Wee Loon ’87 and Goh Yihan ’06 were each presented
the Singapore Law Merit Award by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon ’86. The award recognises individuals who have made invaluable contributions to the development
and advancement of Singapore law. Debbie Ong ’89 and Eleanor Wong ’85
were also honoured, receiving the SAL Merit Award in recognition of their contributions to
the promotion and advancement of the statutory functions and objectives of SAL.

In the 2013 National Day Awards, Associate Dean Goh Mia Yang ’92 was awarded the
Public Administration Medal (Bronze).

Among the University prizes won this year, Dan Puchniak received an NUS Annual
Teaching Excellence Award. As this is his third ATEA, Assoc Prof Puchniak has
been placed on the NUS Honour Roll as recognition of his sustained high
performance in teaching. Lynette Chua ’03 earned a Law & Society Association Honourable Mention for Article Prize for her article “Pragmatic Resistance, Law,
and Social Movements in Authoritarian States: The Case of Gay Collective Action
in Singapore”. It was recently published in the leading journal on law and
society studies. Yeo Hwee Ying ’80 contributed a chapter on Singapore to the
Research Handbook on International Insurance Law and Regulation, which won the
British Insurance Law Association (BILA) Book Prize.

Koh Kheng Lian ’61 attended the ceremony to receive the Elizabeth Haub Prize for
Environmental Law, which recognised her “important and pioneering contributions
to the development and evolution of environmental law in Singapore and in the
whole ASEAN region.” The citation continued: “Her contributions have been
particularly significant as regards both capacity building and scholarship in
the field of ASEAN environmental law.” Em Prof Koh is the second Singaporean to
be made a laureate after her classmate Tommy Koh ’61 won the prize in 1996 for
his accomplishments as a United Nations negotiator.

Alan Tan ’93 was appointed Research Partner by Malaysia’s CIMB ASEAN Research
Institute (CARI), the ASEAN Business Club (ABC), and the AirAsia Group to author
a report on lifting the barriers for ASEAN’s aviation industry. The report was
presented to high-level government officials and industry captains at the
inaugural Network ASEAN Forum.

Andrew Simester was appointed Co-Director of the University of Cambridge’s
Centre for Penal Ethics and Penal Theory. Founded in 2000, the Centre brings
together leading philosophers, criminologists, and criminal-law theorists to
discuss and write about these issues. An international conference on Prof
Simester’s substantive criminal-theory writings was held at Cambridge last
November. He was also elected to an Honorary Professorship at Uppsala University
in Sweden.

Former Dean Tan Cheng Han SC ’87 was appointed Chairman of the Public
Accountants Oversight Committee; he has also been appointed as a member of the
Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority board. Jeffrey Pinsler SC was
appointed to the Singapore Academy of Law’s Council of Law Reporting.

Cheah Wui Ling ’03 was invited as an expert on inter-state cooperation in
criminal matters by the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia. She
was also appointed as a member to the International Law Association's Complementarity in International Criminal Law Committee and as an adviser of the
Case Matrix Network, an independent organisation providing international law
knowledge-transfer services to national actors.

Lye Lin Heng ’73 was appointed Deputy Chair of the IUCN Academy of Environment
Law’s Board of Governors. Gary Bell was appointed to the executive committee of
the American Society of Comparative Law. For my own part, I was appointed
Secretary-General of the Asian Society of International Law for a second term,
as well as to an Advisory Panel for the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight
Services; I also joined Singapore’s Data Protection Advisory Committee.

A final recognition of a colleague’s achievements is the bittersweet news that
Michael Hor ’84 will be the next Dean of the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty
of Law, taking over the position in July 2014. It is bittersweet because Prof Hor is a tremendous colleague and has contributed greatly through his research
and the generation of students whom he has educated and mentored. We will be
very sorry to see him go. But at the same time, we are proud that he has been
chosen to take on these new responsibilities and wish him all success in his new
role.

Michael Hor

Student Achievements

The lifeblood of NUS Law is our students. We have rich traditions such as
Orientation, Rag & Flag, the Law IV Musical, the Farewell Dinner, and
Commencement. Above and beyond the normal rigours of law school studies, these
events mark our calendar and shape the experience of our students.

You may be interested to know that our students once again enjoyed great success
in mooting and other international competitions. Among other achievements, Kok
Yee Keong ’14, Kristy Teo ’14, and Catherine Lim ’14 won the 5th International
Moot Court Competition organised by Gujarat National Law University, India.

NUS Law took second position at the International Negotiation Competition 2013
hosted by Chapman Law School in California. The team was made up of Peh Zu Hao
’13 and Ang Tze Siong ’14.

In the 2013 Vis Moot, the NUS Law team beat over 290 law schools to win the
Werner Melis Award for Best Respondent Memorial. Representing NUS Law were Chin
Jun Qi ’13, Priya Gobal ’13, Kam Kai Qi ’13, Ashish Kamani ’13, and
Cheryl Ng
’13.

The NUS Law team also reached the finals in the 2013 International Maritime Law
Arbitration Moot Competition, comprising Ho Pey Yann ’13, Shiah Zi Han ’13,
Yu Kanghao ’13, and Mubin Shah ’13. Pey Yann clinched the Best Speaker for the
Finals award while Zi Han earned a special mention for being one of the top
speakers in the General Rounds.

In debating, Xiao Hongyu ’14 and Kelvin Chong ’15 won the Asian British
Parliamentary Debating Championships organised by Beihang University in Beijing;
both students were also among the list of top 10 speakers of the tournament with
Kelvin named as the best speaker in the finals. In the United Asian Debating
Championships, held in Manila. NUS Law finished first runners-up, represented by
Hongyu, Kelvin, and Imran Rahim ’13. Imran was chosen as the Best Speaker of the
tournament with Hongyu and Kelvin also in the top five.

Eighth and ninth from the left: NUS Law student Kelvin Chong and Xiao Hongyu
with the other prize winners at the awards ceremony held at the Park Plaza Hotel
in Beijing

Timothy Liau Han Ming ’14 received an Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher (OUR)
Prize for his research, titled “Is Criminalizing Directorial Negligence a Good
Idea?” His paper is being published as an article in the Journal of Corporate
Law Studies. Alan Koh Kai Yang ’14 was also awarded an OUR Prize for his work
titled “Appraising Japan’s Appraisal Remedy”. His paper will be published in the
American Journal of Comparative Law. In addition, he was the first undergraduate
to present a paper at the Annual Conference of the American Society of
Comparative Law Younger Comparativists’ Committee, held at Indiana University
last April.

Alumni Relations & Development

Our alumni continued to make us proud, with many achievements worthy of
recognition.

The year began with the news that N Sreenivasan ’85 was appointed Senior Counsel
and Halimah Yacob ’78 (LL.M. ’01) made history as Singapore’s first female
Speaker of Parliament. Later in the year, Tan Siong Thye ’79 and Lee Kim Shin
’85 were appointed judicial commissioners, joining NUS Law Advisory Council
member Lionel Yee (recently appointed Solicitor-General, succeeding Koh Juat
Jong ’88 who is retiring after 31 years of public service).

We also saw Selena Tan ’94 serve as the creative director of last year’s
National Day Parade, in which Rani Singam ’94 led a particularly moving version
of Majulah Singapura. Ivan Heng ’88 received the prestigious Cultural Medallion
in recognition of his achievements in and commitment to the arts.

In addition to class reunions and alumni events in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and New
Delhi, we also held our first Alumni Family Day — a wonderful opportunity to
bring alumni and their families to our beautiful campus for a fun day out.

Alumni continued to give more of their time and resources to NUS Law. Many of
the most meaningful initiatives we established in 2013 were made possible by
support from alumni. These include the Class of 1983 Bursary, the Class of 1993
Bursary, the Class of 2013 Book Grant, the Tan Han Boon Bursary, and the KK
Menon Scholarship.

Other alumni served in different ways, including the 89 alumni mentors who are
currently participating in the second year of our NUS Law Alumni Mentorship
Programme (LAMP). Alumni and other members of the legal community also enabled
us to increase the number of internship positions available to our students by
over 50 percent.

Alumni Mentor (in jacket) with participants

Even as we continue to receive strong support from the government, we are
grateful for the tremendous financial support we receive from our donors. As
reported in our Giving Act brochure, from 2012 to 2013 the number of alumni
donating increased by more than half, with the total contributions growing by
almost a factor of four. The vast majority of this support goes to financial
aid, supporting a growing number of students.

Other support seeks to build new peaks of excellence. NUS Law’s mooting
tradition, for example, is well-known. We were therefore delighted to establish
the new H.L. Wee Mooting Fund and the H.L. Wee Scholarship, made possible by a
donation from his family. Their support will create additional opportunities for
students to participate in mooting at the highest levels.

Also in 2013, the generosity of Professor Saw Swee Hock (B.A. ’56) enabled us to
establish the Saw Swee Hock Centennial Professorship in Law, designed to allow
NUS Law to make a strategic hire of a world-renowned professor. Prof Saw is an
alumnus of NUS and currently Professorial Fellow in the Institute of Southeast
Asian Studies, as well as serving on the NUS Board of Trustees. We are presently
engaged in a global search to find the inaugural chair.

We were also able to build on the Amaladass Fellowship, first established in
2009 in memory of the late legal practitioner Mr M Amaladass, to establish the
Amaladass Professorship. The donor (who still wishes to remain anonymous) has
now made an additional donation to NUS Law to convert the Fellowship to a
Professorship. These donors join Sat Pal Khattar ’66, whose Professorship in Tax
Law was announced last year and will be launched soon.

An endowed chair is a way of helping us to ensure faculty excellence. Such
chairs enable us to hire and retain the very best faculty, as well as
recognising the achievements of an outstanding academic. As the name of the
chair is permanent, it also ensures a lasting legacy — with future generations
of law students benefitting from the gift.

If you would like to discuss any of the ways in which you might advance the
mission of NUS Law, please do not hesitate to contact Trina Gan ’04 (trina.gan@nus.edu.sg;
6601 2248) or myself directly.

Looking Forward

I hope that you find these annual updates on NUS Law interesting. If you would
like to know more, or if you think that there may be ways in which you could get
involved in the life of the faculty, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Together with all my colleagues, please accept my best wishes to you and your
loved ones for the calendar and lunar New Years. I hope that they bring you
peace, happiness, and fulfilment.